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Week ending April 27, 2024

Pao. Added printable pieces; corrected links. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Loop Chess. Chess played on a loop. (28x1, Cells: 28) By Rose Thorpe.
Stairchess. Chess on a ladder-alike tilted board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Max Koval.
Board 8x8 Game Mix. Game with fairy Chess, Draughts & Lines of Action elements. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Chu Seireigi. Variant of Chu Shogi playable with drops. Author: A. M. DeWitt and François Houdebert. Inventor: A. M. DeWitt.
Seireigi. Variant of standard Shogi with promotable Gold Generals, as well as more varied and animalistic promotions. Author: A. M. DeWitt and François Houdebert. Inventor: A. M. DeWitt.
Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets. Author: A. M. DeWitt and François Houdebert. Inventor: A. M. DeWitt.
Octal XiangQi. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Sissa Squad. Army for Chess with Different Armies that features the Knight from Coherent Chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Antimage Chess. Some pieces can rifle capture, but there's Antimage from Chess Evolved Online that immune to rifle capture. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Sloppy Slippers. An army consisting of slip-pieces. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
Alfil. Added printable pieces. Author: Fergus Duniho.
Advancer. Added printable piece. Author: Ben Good and Fergus Duniho. Inventor: David Howe.

Camelopard Chess. AaronJoseph. (12x12, Cells: 144) By HaruN Y.
Grand Tamerlane. tony_quintanilla. (10x10, Cells: 100) Author: Tony Quintanilla. Inventor: John Davis.
Neohex. maxkoval. (Cells: 60) By Max Koval.
A catalog of 3D-printable chess variant pieces. timurthelenk. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Jean-Louis Cazaux.

Grand Apothecary Chess-Alert. Very large Board variant obtained trough tinkering with known games. By Aurelian Florea.

Zen Zebras. A team for Chess with Different Armies based around the moves of the Zebra. (8x8, Cells: 64) By HaruN Y.
HnefaChess. The best combination of Chess and Hnefatafl. (Cells: 228) By Florin Lupusoru.
Sacrificial chess. Missing description (8x8, Cells: 64) By Rose Thorpe.
Sorry, King!. Two parallel games of Chess and Sorry (Ludo) influence one another. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Florin Lupusoru.
The showpiece script. A script for displaying individual piece images with some modifications. By Fergus Duniho.
Immortal Chess. 36 Immortals with hidden powers create chaos on the board. (10x10, Cells: 100) By Florin Lupusoru.

Fluidity chess. No displacement capture: all non-royal pieces take by cutting through or bypassing. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Fergana. The clash of empires on Fergana Valley. (Cells: 168) By Florin Lupusoru.
Equalized Shatranj. Basic weak moves of ancient pieces are compensated by their numbers. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Lev Grigoriev.
Morphing Chess IV. Pieces are based on the color of the squares reached. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphing Chess III. A game with upgrades and downgrades. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphing Chess II. A game with upgrades and downgrades. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Morphing Chess. A game with a morph zone,. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.

Trafalgar Chess. 8 extra Pawns in two columns mimic the famous Battle of Trafalgar. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.
Torus Chess (The Shape of Space). xenos1984. (8x8, Cells: 64) Author: Manuel Hohmann. Inventor: Jeff Weeks.
Fearsome Chess. Fear is the main rule on the board. (8x8, Cells: 64) By Florin Lupusoru.

Symmetric Chess. 9x8 variant with two queens flanking the king usig the Bishops Conversion Rule. (9x8, Cells: 72) By Carlos Cetina.
Transformer (conquer style). Pawns mutate into higher-value pieces. (9x9, Cells: 81) By Gerd P. Degens.
Heavy Shako. 10x10 variant inspired by Yangsi and Shako, made by Eric Silverman. Author: A. M. DeWitt. Inventor: Eric Silverman and Jean-Louis Cazaux.